A.God’s providence isHis almighty and ever present power,1whereby, as with His hand, He still upholdsheaven and earth and all creatures,2and so governs them thatleaf and blade,rain and drought,fruitful and barren years,food and drink,health and sickness,riches and poverty,3indeed, all things,come to us not by chance4but by His fatherly hand.5

Q.What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things and still upholds them by His providence?

A.We can be patient in adversity,1thankful in prosperity,2and with a view to the futurewe can have a firm confidencein our faithful God and Fatherthat no creature shall separate usfrom His love;3for all creatures are so completely in His handthat without His willthey cannot so much as move.4